Brassiere



April 14, 1953 F. DEsRocl-IERS BRASSIERE Filed Jan. 25, 1951 Patented Apr. 14, 1953 2,634,418 BRAssIRE Fernand Desrochers, Quebec, Quebec, Canada, assignor to Dominion Corset Company Limited, Quebec, Quebec, Canada Application January 25, 1951, Serial No. 207,761

1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in brassires.

One object of the invention is to provide a brassire having relatively wide end portions equipped with eyelets through which lacing is threaded to secure the brassire tightly in place around the body of the wearer, said end portions being reinforced in a novel manner to prevent wrinkling thereof when laced tightly together.

Another object is to provide a brassire of the kind described in which the end portions of the garment are provided with reinforced areas extending across substantially the full width of said end portions immediately adjacent the eyelets through which the lacing is threaded, said reinforced areas being of sufficient thickness to balance the thickness of the lacing in a manner which eliminates lacing bulges that might cause discomfort or show through the gown of the wearer.

Other objects, advantages and characteristic features of the invention will be more readily understood from the following detailed description of the accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1 is a rear perspective view of a brassire embodying my invention. In this view, portions of the reinforced ends of the brassire are broken away to show concealed reinforcing elements.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along the section line 2 2 of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line 3-3 of Fig. l.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken along line 1 -4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a detail view of one of the eyelets tapes shown in the preceding figures.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 5 designates a brassire provided with relatively wide reinforced end portions 6 equipped with eyelets 'l through which lacing B is threaded to secure the garment tightly around the body of the wearer. The reinforced areas of the end portions 6 are generally indicated at 9 in Fig. l and extend across substantially the full width of said end portions immediately adjacent the portions of the eyelets 1 through which the lacing 8 is threaded.

The preferred method of reinforcing the end portions 6 of the brassire and attaching the eyelets 'l is illustrated to advantage in Figs. 2 to 4 inclusive. As here shown, each end of the brassre is folded upon itself to provide a twoply marginal edge I0 which overlaps and is secured to an eyelet tape Il so that a portion of the width of the tape projects beyond said edge I0 in the form of a ap l2. The tape H carries a row of eyelets 'I which have their anchoring loops 8a (Fig. 5) sewn to the tape and covered by the two-ply marginal end edge I0 of the brassire. A feather bone reinforcing element i3 is interposed between the anchoring loops 8a of the eyelets 8 and the covering two-ply marginal end edge portion l0 of the brassire. This reinforcing element is pocketed in place and held against lateral movement by two vertical rows of stitching lli which secure the folded end edge l0 to the tape li. Endwise or vertical movement of the reinforcing element is prevented by horizontal rows of stitching I5 uniting the upper and lower margins of the folded edge H3 to the tape H. The U-shaped lace-receiving portions of the eyelets 8 project beyond the folded end edge Il! of the brassire and overlie the inner portion of the flap l2 afforded by the projecting portion of tape Il.

One advantage of the reinforcing elements i3 is that they stiften the end edges of the brassire in such manner as to prevent wrinkling of the latter when the lacing is drawn tight to give a snug fit of the garment about the body of the wearer. Another advantage of these reinforcing elements is that they provide added thickness at the ends of the brassire which, by balancing the thickness of the lacing, prevents the latter from forming bulges or ridges that might cause discomfort or show through the gown of the wearer.

In the present instance, each eyelet tape is shown formed from a single strip of material (Fig. 5), having longitudinal marginal edges Ila and i lb folded inwardly over the central portion of the strip in overlapping relation with each other to provide three thicknesses of material underlying the eyelet anchoring loops 8a which are sewn to the tape by stitching i6.

Having thus described the nature and a preferred embodiment of my invention it will be understood that various modifications may be resorted to within the scope and spirit of the invention as denned by the appended claim.

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows.

I claim:

A brassire having relatively wide end portions, eyelet tapes secured to said end portions so that portions of the width of the tapes project beyond said end portions to provide naps, a reinforcing strip interposed between each end por- 4 the full Width of the said end portions of the brassire.

FERD. DESROCI-IERS.

5 References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,066,536 Mead Jan. 5, 1937 10 2,409,381 Pease Oct. l5, 1946 

